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7[[WellIntentionedExtremist Well-Intentioned Extremists]] in {{Literature}}.
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9* ''Literature/OneQEightyFour'': Aomame and the dowager both had loved ones who were abused by their husbands so badly that they were driven to suicide (a childhood friend and daughter, respectively). This common ground is what eventually led the dowager to utilizing Aomame as something of an assassin. The dowager knows the psychological turmoil that can come with taking a life, so she only requests Aomame's help when all other legal options have failed.
10* ''Literature/TwentyThousandLeaguesUnderTheSea'': Captain Nemo can be said to have had genuine good intentions that made him a sympathetic character. The deaths of his family gave him a hatred of oppressive governments (especially imperialism) and a genuine concern for innocent life. Still, as one character put it, it was not his right to judge nations the way he did, via the vigilante actions he took to punish them for what he saw as injustice. He also MajoredInWesternHypocrisy and wants revenge against TheEmpire. He creates his own superpower with its own ConLang, he claims a continent in his name, creates the Nautilus to conquest the sea and use it as a WeaponOfMassDestruction, insists in only using sea-related products, and the prisoners he considers valuable are placed in a GildedCage but those who not are destroyed. Trying to destroy the British Empire, he ends up creating a society very much like it]].
11* In the Creator/DaleBrown book ''Act of War'', the eco-terrorist organisation GAMMA is not above doing things like using backpack nukes to attack the big businesses it believes is ruining the environment. [[spoiler:Then subverted when it turns out that this was the DeceptiveDisciple's plan and the group's leader didn't want it to happen.]]
12* ''Literature/AdventureHunters'': Ryvas wants to provide for his people and make sure no one dies in war ever again. His solution is to break the NuclearWeaponsTaboo and replace human soldiers with golems.
13* ''After...'' features a (presumably) government attempt to quell potentially AxeCrazy kids that gets increasingly out of hand. "Grief counselors" who tell the protagonist to throw a game to the victimized school (at the last minute, he decides not to) and [[UnPerson "suspend"]] a student for wearing a red ribbon (the shooters wore red, see) that was ''honoring her brother who died of AIDS'' gives way to spy cameras in school [=TVs=] and hypnotic emails that [[AdultsAreUseless render most of the parents blind to what's going on]]. It's only when the first school's entire student body suddenly disappears and rumors of detention camps in the desert where the young prisoners are being killed for attempting to escape start filtering back does the protagonist and his family decide to get out of town.
14* ''Literature/AlexRider'':
15** General Sarov from ''Skeleton Key'' wants to use a nuke [[spoiler: to make it look like a submarine yard accidentally exploded, so Russia could get a stronger Government.]]
16** Damian Cray from ''Eagle Strike''. His plan is [[spoiler: to hit various places with missiles, killing thousands of innocent people... in order to destroy the drug fields]]. His rationale being that he will kill thousands to save millions.
17** Force Three from ''Ark Angel'' is a terrorist groups dedicated to helping the environment [[spoiler:though this turns out to be just be a cover]].
18* Nita from ''Literature/{{Allegiant}}''. [[spoiler:She wants to stop the Bureau from further discriminating against the genetically damaged like herself (especially when the reader finds out how extreme they, or rather just David, go to uphold it), though her method to do it isn't nice to say the least. She even designs a bomb with Four which indirectly causes Uriah's brain damage and eventual death]].
19* ''Literature/AllOurYesterdays'': James wanted to use time travel to save people from dying, but he ended up using it to kill people who became a threat to him, including his own brother, and turned everything into a police state.
20* ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'':
21** Alloran chose to [[spoiler:genocide the Hork-Bajir]] to weaken their usefulness as the [[PuppeteerParasite Yeerks]]' shock troops.
22** By the end of the series the Andalite military in general seems to be this, since they are convinced that the Yeerks have won Earth and [[spoiler:are planning to do the same thing again]].
23** Rachel, though going down many [[BloodKnight morally dubious]] paths, consciously never falls into this. She even laughs bitterly when she hears the words 'We have to win'.
24--->'''Rachel''': Even I know those are the first four words to hell.
25* ''Literature/BazilBroketail'':
26** Heruta tries to portray himself as one when confronted by Lessis, claiming that he and his comrades ultimately act for the betterment of mankind, in order to guarantee humans progress and lordship over the world. However, [[ShutUpHannibal Lessis is quick to point out]] that Heruta wants all the power over the world [[ItsAllAboutMe for himself and himself only]], not humans in general.
27** Waakzaam's original motivation was to improve the worlds created by the Great Mother and then molded by seven divine beings (including him) she created specifically for that goal. However, the inhabitants of the worlds he visited proved uncooperative, so he quickly resorted to drastic measures such as culling the local population (and by "culling" we mean "driving it to near-extinction") in order to prevent overpopulation or violently quelling the rebellion that broke out because the locals were not happy with the rulers Waakzaam installed. In time, he dropped all subtlety and became a downright evil tyrant, "improving" twelve planets by turning them into utter [[CrapsackWorld Crapsack Worlds]].
28* ''Literature/TheBooksOfEmber'': Mrs. Beeson in ''The Prophet of Yonwood'' strictly enforces her interpretations of Althea's delusional mutterings because she believes that they are instructions from God, telling the world what they must do to be free of sin.
29* In Micah E. F. Martin's "Literature/TheCanticle", Jonathan Servitor is an inquisitor tasked with rooting out heretics and the undead in the last city on Earth. Given, there are high stakes, but Jonathan is nothing short of brutal in his pursuit of justice.
30* ''Literature/{{Carrie}}'': Margaret White is a particularly insane and twisted type 4 (the "problem" is the problem). While she ''thinks'' she's protecting Carrie from sin and the devil, she has a [[InsaneTrollLogic completely insane worldview]] and thinks basically ''everything'' is a sin, even completely random things like summer camps. As such, her "protection" of Carrie just amounts to a massive amount of bizarre abusive behavior.
31* Subverted in ''Literature/TheChathrandVoyages''. [[EvilSorcerer Arunis]] - arguably the most dangerous of the series BigBadEnsemble - claims at one point that the he's just trying to unify the world under his control for the benefit of mankind when trying to talk [[TheProtagonist Pazel]] onto his side. Pazel doesn't buy it, pointing out that Arunis's methods are so horrific that he can't imagine any potential good would outweigh them, and he's right[[note]]Keep in mind that Pazel's home city-state was brutally occupied by the neighboring empire in the name of "protection", so he's quite familiar with just how hollow a nebulous "greater good" sounds to the people who get stepped on along the way[[/note]]. [[spoiler: Arunis doesn't give a damn about the world, and in fact is trying to wipe out humanity in order to convince the local Gods of Evil to elevate him as their newest member. The WellIntentionedExtremist bit was all lies]].
32* The ''Literature/CHERUBSeries''[='=] most prominent villain is arguably the eco-terrorist organization Help Earth.
33* The Christian fundamentalists in control of the American government in ''Literature/ChristianNation'' want to prepare the nation for the SecondComing of Christ...so to that end, they strip away all Constitutional rights for the citizens and install a Big Brother-ish theocracy where God's law is the law of the land.
34* ''Literature/ChrysalisRinoZ'': The Abyssal Legion exists to protect the surface races from the monsters of the Dungeon. Most of the time, this is a genuinely heroic pursuit. Unfortunately, on those very rare occasions where the Dungeon spawns a race capable of peaceful coexistence, the Legion is having none of it, making no deals and offering no quarter.
35* ''Literature/{{City of Bones|1995}}'':
36** Constans is insane and a murderer many times over, but is also one of the few characters who know the truth about [[spoiler:the Inhabitants]] and are trying to [[spoiler:prevent them from invading the world]] rather than angling for power. Unfortunately, the main characters spend most of the book avoiding him like the plague because his behaviour is so terrible.
37** [[spoiler:Riathen]] is one for the brief period when he knows what his prized {{Magitek}} relics will [[WhenDimensionsCollide actually do]] (at which point he becomes an extremist) and still believes he can use them to empower future generations of Warders. He quickly becomes too blinded by greed to be considered well-intentioned.
38* The Anarchist from ''Clockwork Angels'' resorts to violently disrupting the public (often resulting in death) to "wake them up" from the tyranny that is the Watchmaker. The same goes for the Watchmaker, imposing extreme order on the people to protect them from danger.
39* Paul Bowman from the ''Literature/CouncilWars'' series has some points about the current state of humanity that his opponents agree with, but they disagree with the conclusions he's drawn and rather violently disagree with the methods and allies who've lined up with him.
40* Literary example of a TragicHero who takes his mission much too far: Creator/AlexandreDumas' character Edmond Dantes, in ''Literature/TheCountOfMonteCristo''. The self-styled Count, having escaped prison after many years of undeserved confinement, devotes himself obsessively to taking revenge on those enemies who framed him and ruined his life. For most of the book, Edmond is able to ignore the fact that the grand machinations of his vengeance are heaping danger and grief on numerous {{Innocent Bystander}}s as well as the guilty.
41* ''Literature/ACourtOfThornsAndRoses'': Everything Rhysand has done, he's done for the sake of protecting his people. Rhys straight-out admits he'll do ''anything'' to protect his people, including going to very self-sacrificing lengths.
42* [[AntiVillain Matthew]] [[NecessarilyEvil Sobol]] from ''Literature/{{Daemon}}'' spent his [[IDidWhatIHadToDo last days preparing]], but his plans didn't actually go into operation until after [[MyDeathIsJustTheBeginning his death]] from cancer. [[TheExtremistWasRight And it appears to have worked]], although he knew he would [[AlasPoorVillain not survive to know if it had]].
43* Captain Vimes from ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' spends much of his time trying not to become this.
44** His ancestor Old Stoneface ''was'' this trope. He lived in a time when a WellIntentionedExtremist was sorely needed. In case anybody wonders, he was modelled after Oliver Cromwell. Plus, his birth name was 'Suffer-not-Injustice' Vimes. It seems that he lived up to it.
45* Many of the villains in the various ''Literature/{{Dragonlance}}'' novels are this. Two of the most famous are the Kingpriest (whose goal was to eradicate all evil from the world and resulted in the Cataclysm) and Mina (whose desire to restore gods to the world after they vanished again caused the War of Souls debacle). Spectacularly averted in the original trilogy, however, where all the villains were selfish and power-hungry CardCarryingVillain types.
46* In the ''Literature/DreambloodDuology'', Eninket doesn't actually want to live forever and wage war until the world is united under his rule, he just sees it as the only way peace is actually possible. He could also just be really, really crazy, but the people who knew him best stick with this one.
47* ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'':
48** The BigBad of ''Literature/SummerKnight'' resorted to trying to create a major power imbalance between the Fae to destroy the world and start it anew, but only because they were tired of the death, destruction, and atrocities caused by the endless cycle, and puts up so amiable an argument that Dresden later calls [[spoiler:Aurora]] a well-intentioned-yet-crazy [[spoiler:Fae lord.]] Subverted in that the main antagonist is AxeCrazy.
49** Kumori, a necromancer traveling around with sinister wizard Cowl in ''Literature/DeadBeat'', constantly talks about the benevolent side of her art (like how she kept a dying man alive until paramedics could arrive and fully fix the damage), and says that she wants a world where no one has to deal with the tyranny of death. And if her boss has to pull off a hideous ritual that will result in thousands of deaths and bring him up to the level of a minor god for this perfect world to happen, then so be it.
50** Martin will do anything to destroy the Red Court. He first appears for the purpose of interfering in a duel that may lead to a cessation of hostilities between the Court and the White Council, because they're the most powerful weapon available pointed at the Court, and he's determined that they fire. [[spoiler:In ''Literature/{{Changes}}'', he betrays the Fellowship of St. Giles to gain the Red King's trust, hands Harry's daughter to the Court, and gets Susan to [[ThanatosGambit kill him]] in revenge so that Harry will be forced to kill her and thus obliterate the Court. [[TheExtremistWasRight It worked]].]]
51* ''Literature/TheEmpiriumTrilogy'': In the Prophet's mind, the deaths of thousands of people pale in comparison to bringing an end Corien and, by extension, the Undying Empire.
52* ''Music/EvilliousChronicles'':
53** Gatt Coulomb is an assassin for the criminal organization Père Noël- and sincerely believes that everything he does is necessary in order to "correct" the world.
54** As the leader of the Tasan Party, Gammon Octo firmly believes that the ends justify the means when it comes to bringing an end to the corruption and suffering in Levianta and Elphegort. Later, he seems to reject that mindset, even condemning it in his commentary on the Red Shoe Parade.[[spoiler: Still, he works to destroy the sin contractors after the world ends, in order to save the rest of the world.]]
55* Vicar Brusander of ''Literature/TheEmigrants'' is a difficult character to like from a modern point of view, when he becomes the mastermind behind a prosecution of Danjel's harmless religious movement. But at this point in Swedish history, dissenting from the established Lutheran church is still against the law. And the vicar hardly is the only person in the parish, who has become suspicious of just what Danjel might be up to. Furthermore, it seems like the vicar also feels that punishing Danjel and his followers is for the best of the people. His belief is that if everybody was allowed to choose their own faith, society would be plunged into chaos. So even though the story puts most of the sympathy with the dissenters, Vicar Brusander is still portrayed as this trope rather than as some selfish one-dimensional villain.
56* ''Literature/EmpireStar'' by Creator/SamuelRDelany has the members of the Geodesic Survey, who are trying to compile an encyclopedia of everything. (They're up to volume one hundred and seventy six: ''Bba'' to ''Bbab''.) They'll do literally anything to get more information for their encyclopedia; even kill. In fact, a little murder might help them get a jump start on the chapters which cover ''Biology, Human.''
57%%* Marco Inaros and the Belter Free Navy in ''Literature/TheExpanse''.
58* The sixth book of the ''Literature/{{Firekeeper}}'' saga, ''Wolf's Blood'', introduces Virim, the sorcerer who created the plague that killed all the world's magic users a century ago. His reasons for doing this rested primarily on the fact that his people were prepared to conquer and kill the Royal Beasts who lived in their colony lands.
59* ''Literature/FullDisclosure'': Soviet foreign minister Nikolayev assassinates his head of state and is regretfully willing to kill Ericson and several others as collateral damage, but does so out of a desire to preserve the new alliance between America and Russia rather than destroy it, and to keep Kolkov from taking steps that will plunge the world into another war.
60* The clergy of the God of Death and the Dead in Jean-Philippe Jaworski's ''Gagner la Guerre'' (''To Win the War''). The last king of the huge Leomance Kingdom entrusted them his will ( part of their function ) that his unborn child, if a son, should reign after him. Regrettably, he was born a feeble-minded cripple and civil war soon enough tore the kingdom apart. The priests attempted to hold it together, supplementing the meagre loyalist forces with massive Death magic and an alliance with orcs. It didn't end well for anybody concerned.
61* In ''Literature/TheGoblinEmperor'', one of the men responsible for the death of Maia's father and half-brothers is [[spoiler:a kind of communist who wants to change things for the better, and says that he already succeeded because Maia is a much better emperor than his father was or his brothers would ever have been. Maia, who indeed is very kind and compassionate, doesn't know what to reply because the man is ''right'', even though Maia doesn't agree with his methods.]]
62* Vanessa, of the ''Literature/{{Goosebumps}}'' book ''Chicken Chicken'', just wants kids to learn manners. Unfortunately, her methods make her one of the most hated villains in the series.
63** Subverted or deconstructed. Vanessa's so called "good-intentions" only highlight how ''despicable'' she is, since not only does she transform children into BodyHorror abominations, but she has the gall to act like ''this is an acceptable treatment for naughty kids''. In any case, the fact that Vanessa sees [[LackOfEmpathy nothing wrong with these actions]] makes her one of the most disgusting, hypocritical villains in the entire series.
64* [[spoiler:Anaria]] from ''Literature/{{The Guardians|MeljeanBrook}}'' decided that the best way to end a war was to slaughter one of the armies in its entirety. After that, she decided that she was thinking too small and needed to apply her idea to the entire planet, until the only people left alive were the ones who agreed with each other. But don't worry, she'll still respect free will. She'll just make sure that humans have no other options except to choose peace, joy, and love.
65* Clemael, one of the protagonists of ''Literature/HandOfMercy''. The plan to undo all the evil in the world isn't bad, exactly, but Clem isn't bothered that this will destroy all of linear time.
66* ''Literature/HarryPotter'':
67** The young Albus Dumbledore and his good friend Gellert Grindelwald, whose slogan was, "For the greater good." This "greater good" meant tearing down the international statute of secrecy that'd been in place since the late 17th century so wizards could come out of hiding and subjugate muggles. After a tragic accident, Dumbledore revised his attitude. Grindelwald never did (or at least until he was much older and there was nothing that could be done about it).
68** This can also be said of Salazar Slytherin's fear of Muggle-borns due to how, during his time, Wizards were facing a great deal of persecution. He feared that Muggle-borns or their relatives might turn on them, so it was better to not teach them.
69** ''[[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheChamberOfSecrets Chamber of Secrets]]'' had Dobby performing magic in Harry's house, blocking the entrance to Plaform 9 3/4, and enchanting a Bludger to go specifically after Harry. All to keep him out of Hogwarts, so [[spoiler: Riddle's memory]] couldn't harm him.
70* ''Literature/TheHeartsWeSold'': the Daemon's intentions are noble, since he's trying to stop the world from being destroyed, but his methods endanger his charges, all of whom are hapless but relatively innocent teenagers. [[spoiler:It works, but at least two people wind up dead.]]
71* ''Literature/HonorHarrington'':
72** Rob S. Pierre and (to a much-lesser extent) Oscar Saint-Just, both of whom embraced tyranny in order to keep Haven from collapsing under the strain of a losing war that their predecessors had started, but that they could not themselves end. One of the filksongs from the [=CDs=] puts it perfectly:
73--->"Rob, you are riding a tiger; how are you going to stop?"
74*** The irony is, he'd probably be quite happy to see what Haven has become.
75** Word of God is Mesa is this. They have a very good point that transhumanism is the best solution to many issues, and that Beowulf will not accept this due to cleaning up the Final War's biowar. The problem is they went into hiding for so long that they lost touch with reality and think they have to convince the galaxy with force that they are right.
76** Bernadus van Dort was this, with emphasis on the well-intentioned part. His goal was to save his world from being gobbled up by the Solarian League, by founding the Rembrandt Trade Union and building up its economic strength. His methods involved getting the best trade concessions from the various worlds of the Talbott Cluster by whatever means necessary, including extortion. Had it not been for the Lynx Terminus, the ultimate end goal would have probably been uniting the Cluster into a single star nation under the RTU banner. When the Lynx Terminus was discovered, he immediately abandoned this plan in favor of getting the whole cluster annexed by the Star Kingdom of Manticore, which worked out much better for the Talbott Cluster anyway.
77* [[spoiler:Tam Lin]] in ''Literature/HouseOfTheScorpion'' attempted to assassinate the prime minister of an unknown country, presumably the [[spoiler:United Kingdom, judging by his accent and appearance]], but ends up taking out 20 young children on a school bus who were too close to the blast. He never forgives himself and later commits suicide by drinking wine that only he knew was poisoned.
78* ''Literature/TheHungerGames'': [[spoiler:President Alma Coin claims to be one, and goes to very extreme measures, like having children killed, so that she can overthrow the Capitol.]]
79* Edgar Geist of ''Literature/HumaneTyranny'' believes that the Earth would be better off if the human race went extinct. Ironically, he still deeply cares about his partner, Harvey, and his protege Ray, and never actually kills anyone at all during the novel's events.
80* ''Literature/JourneyToChaos'': [[spoiler:During his MotiveRant, Duke Selen Esrah calls Princess Kasile a poor excuse for a future queen because of her arrogance and paranoia. He believes that taking the throne from her is for the good of Ataidar. To this end he allowed monsters into the city, framed her for treason and launched a coup.]]
81* Abraham Quest and Robur in Creator/StephenHunt's ''The Kingdom Beyond the Waves'' seek to recreate the perfect society that once existed in the form of Camlantis [[spoiler: Unfortunately, it requires the destruction of every other society on Earth and their inhabitants]].
82* ''Literature/KillerSpecies'': Series villain Dr. Catalyst starts as a highly egotistical one, creating hybrid super-predators for the purpose of hunting and destroying invasive species in Florida, thereby protecting the native species and reversing the ecological harm they do, and doesn't get why people see he and his creations as the bigger threat - he also made them controllable and unable to breed (though some of them eventually adapted to overcome this) so they wouldn't take their targets' place as a threat. In books 3 and 4, he abandons this and just decides to kill off a lot of people for opposing him.
83* ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'': Creator/JRRTolkien wrote in a letter that "Gandalf as Ring-Lord would have been far worse than Sauron. He would have remained 'righteous', but self-righteous. He would have continued to rule and order things for 'good', and the benefit of his subjects according to his wisdom (which was and would have remained great). Thus while Sauron multiplied evil, he left 'good' clearly distinguishable from it. Gandalf would have made good detestable and seem evil."
84* ''Literature/LumbanicoTheCubicPlanet'': The Guardians of the Arista are the protectors of the Hidden Valley. They don't mind looking after outsider kids who wander into the valley, but they will not allow them to leave either. When Mela asks why the Guardians are so bad, Aralia insists that they are not bad: they want to defend the Arista's culture and environment, and because the outsiders destroyed their own civilization together with their environment in the past, the Guardians fear that they will do the same thing to the Arista if they find the way to the Valley.
85* In ''Literature/TheMachineriesOfEmpire'', Jedao [[spoiler:murdered a million people to have a shot at overthrowing the Hexarchate.]]
86* ''Literature/LesMiserables'': InspectorJavert just wants to uphold the law and catch criminals. Fair enough. His obsessive nature and strict "by-the-book" attitude are what ruins it.
87* ''Literature/NightShift'': Quitters, Inc. is determined to get people to stop smoking, even if it means threatening their families.
88* Valentine Morgenstern from ''Literature/TheMortalInstruments''. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, his plan to reform the Clave to protect against demonic threats involves raising a massive demon army and slaughtering them all]].
89* ''Literature/NoGodsForDrowning'':
90** Lilac Antonis has been ritualistically murdering people all across the city of Valentine, but she's doing this in hopes of bringing back her mother, the goddess Logoi to save Valentine from rising waters and hungry sea demons which are threatening it.
91** The goddess Aeda plans to return her father Exhalis to the world and use him to create an object called a Psychopomp tree. This tree will help turn humanity immortal if it's infused with her champion, but at the cost of ripping out their souls and turning them into monsters. This is because Aeda sincerely believes that turning them into this is the best choice to help combat the sea demons known as the Glories which are threatening to wipe them out.
92* In Creator/TerryPratchett's ''Literature/OnlyYouCanSaveMankind'', the Gunnery Officer of the Scree-Wee cares about honor more than life and attempts to force the final battle into being fought despite the fact that it could easily be avoided. On the other side, Johnny has to spend a long time persuading Kirsty to try to talk to the aliens instead of simply shooting them all.
93* Creator/CliveCussler had a few of these in some of the books of his ''Literature/TheOregonFiles'' series.
94** In ''Skeleton Coast'', a super environmentalist plans to combine a toxic oil spill with a super-hurricane to hit Florida, believing this will be the wake-up call to the public to change their ways on pollution. In a final battle, hero Juan Cabrillo points out how the man could have used the billions of dollars he wasted on this scheme for something a lot more effective.
95--->'''Juan:''' That's the problem with people like you. You're about propaganda and press releases, not concrete solutions. People don't respond to ultimatums, only alternatives.
96** In ''Plague Ship'', the main villain claims he is doing humanity a favor with his scheme to render half the human race sterile. He truly believes in future generations, he'll be revered for preventing the "inevitable" collapse of humanity. Again, Juan points out how full of crap he is... particularly because [[spoiler: the man was a Nazi scientist at Auschwitz.]]
97** The BigBad of ''The Jungle'' is a Muslim terrorist but doesn't hate "infidels" and instead wants them to convert to Islam peacefully. Sadly, his underling doesn't share his beliefs.
98** ''Shadow Tyrants'' has the villain convinced the rise of computers is cutting off humanity from survival instincts and far too reliant on them while also laying the seeds for terrible misjudgements. So, he creates a satellite system that will destroy ''all'' computers and render the world back to a pre-digital age that he believes will be a boon to humanity. The fact he'll kill ''billions'' and set human progress back a century doesn't seem to matter to him.
99** The Literature/{{Dirk Pitt adventure|s}} ''Celtic Empire'' has industrialist Evanna [=McKee=] concluding that men have made a mess of the world. She thus plans to release a virus that will destroy any embryo with a Y chromosome inside it so only females are born. This would mean that within a few generations, no men are left on Earth with cloned embryos ensuring a female race survives. Pitt openly lampshades that the troubling part of this is that [=McKee=] A) truly thinks greed, violence and stupidity are ''only'' male traits; and B) that every other woman on Earth will be perfectly happy to go along with this mass gendercide.
100** ''Iceberg'' has the head of a corporation truly believing that by "buying up" Latin America like it's any business takeover, they can improve the way of life of the countries and bring them on equal par with the rest of the world. Pitt and others even note the guy has good intentions but blind to the problems they'll create. More importantly, TheDragon is planning to take over the board and doesn't have such altruistic motives over this empire.
101* The [[UsefulNotes/FurryFandom furry]] novel ''Literature/OttersInSpace'' makes this a slightly odd ZigZaggingTrope as more of the antagonist's intentions are revealed. In this universe, cats are the victims of FantasticRacism. The villain, a cat, is willing to have the protagonist killed because [[HeKnowsTooMuch she knows too much]] about her plans, and appears to have had someone disappeared before. [[spoiler:But she was actually working with the disappeared employee, and covering for her so they can stay in business together. But that business is embezzlement and smuggling people. But they're actually sending them to an UndergroundRailroad colony on Mars. But the colony is full of also-racist for-profit jerks. But the villain was trying to protect the entire planet full of people by sending them the money she was embezzling. In the end, she just ends up taking the fall and being arrested for corruption, while the colony might have to reconsider its admissions standards.]]
102* Johannes Lillegard in ''Literature/{{Pact}}'' is a sorcerer who maintains a large area of a Canadian town where he's created copies of the inhabitants, whose suffering he auctions off to various supernatural creatures. His justification for this is that, firstly, while they're hurting [[WhatMeasureIsANonUnique copies]] they aren't preying upon ''actual'' humans, and secondly that by charging for the privilege and thus gaining great power he's hoping to set an example for other practitioners, who can do the same in their territories, thus preventing the supernatural creatures from lashing out at the rest of humanity out of frustration.
103** In the DistantSequel, ''Literature/{{Pale}}'', [[spoiler: Charles Abrams]] is orchestrating the usurpation of a semi-divine role in the most blatantly unfair method possible, to make a larger point about the systems in place and those who perpetuate them. The problem, of course, is that the necessary methods have already killed hundreds, and [[spoiler: his use of the privileges associated with the role is little better than that of his new colleagues, who saw this plan from a mile away and did nothing.]]
104* Luke Castellan from ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'' qualifies, as he genuinely believes that the gods are selfish and evil. He isn't wrong - most of the gods don't care about their children or even each other. Even Percy thinks he has a point, and he hates Luke with a passion for the majority of the series. Unfortunately, Luke's methods include siding with a Titan (Kronos) that's much worse than the gods, and the war he helps start results in many demigod deaths. (Although it's debatable as to whether or not Luke was completely in control of himself; remember, Kronos was able to manipulate an actual ''god'' before Olympus even knew he was back.)
105* ''Literature/ThePerfectRun'': Alphonse "Fallout" Manada is convinced that the only path towards the future is to make [[EveryoneIsASuper everyone a Genome]]. This is why he created the knockoff elixirs, and why he's constantly pushing to improve them. The fact that the knockoffs are made by [[spoiler:harvesting blood from a Psycho]] and that there is a very real chance that [[spoiler:anyone who took a knockoff could revert into a clone of the Psycho if he escapes]] is dismissed as a "necessary evil." Even when confronted with irrefutable evidence of what will happen, he still insists it's better than the alternatives... and then he refuses to listen to any possible alternatives. Oh, and even if his plan ''does'' eventually work exactly as intended, he still killed thousands of people to make it happen. It's probably not a coincidence that his power makes him literally a living nuclear explosion.
106-->'''Fallout:''' It's all... for the dream...
107* The [[StrawCharacter Cavazan Empire]], aka the "Saints", in the ''Literature/PrinceRoger'' series by Creator/JohnRingo and Creator/DavidWeber fit this trope. Hardcore deep-ecologists who keep the majority of their populations penned up in cities operating at low tech levels to avoid "despoiling Nature", who carefully ration ''everything'', including medical care, to "control pollution" (read: control ''population''), and who want to force the rest of the Galaxy to live the same way. To facilitate this, they are willing to conduct generations-long terrorism/subversion campaigns against all their neighbors. Their (hereditary) leaders live much safer and more comfortable lives than the common "Citizens" of their polity.
108* The Birds of Prey from ''Literature/ThePrincess99'' commit brutal murders against wizards through the entire book. But then you consider that they are trying to give Nons (non-magical people) civil rights in a world that considers them lower than animals. This doesn't excuse what they did to [[spoiler:Axel]].
109* ''Literature/ThePrioryOfTheOrangeTree'':
110** Truyde ett Zeedur, a lady of the Inysh court who is a noble from a country with a freethinking reputation. She is one of the few people to question the Inysh believe that their royal family is the thing that keeps the Nameless One from coming back and subjugating the world, and she believes that Virtudom ''must'' put aside its prejudice against the East and ally with them against the threat. She's right, and in fact this is exactly what happens at the end. Unfortunately, she doesn't trust anyone and threatens Ead, who actually shares her skepticism. Instead, Truyde sends her lover to an Eastern country hoping his charisma will carry the day, and she herself stages a fake assassination to open Queen Sabran's eyes. Her lover is executed as a common trespasser shortly after he arrives and gets everyone he talked to in big trouble, and her fake assassination plot is usurped by someone who is a lot better at plotting, turning it into a ''real'' assassination of the new Prince Consort.
111** Combe, ultimately. Despite giving a very good impression of an EvilChancellor (and being well-aware that he is TheDreaded in Inysh court), his only goal is to safeguard Sabran and her authority. He exiled Loth and later Ead for no other reason than that their presence made Sabran seem "off-limits" romantically when she needed to keep all her options open--unlike the Cupbearer, who was out to control and usurp her. Because of this, the Inysh protagonists elect to trust him after everything is revealed, even if they're still pissed off about it.
112* ''Literature/ProjectA75'': Mr. Pink ultimately reveals himself to be this. He saw how horrible humanity could be and wanted to prevent the dystopian future he comes from, from ever happening. To do so though he resorts to infecting humanity with a virus that will turn them docile as he believes that it is the only option he has to save the world.
113* In Creator/VernorVinge's ''Literature/RainbowsEnd'', Albert Vaz has created a MindControl virus because he sincerely believes it's the only way to keep the world safe, when even terrorists and cults can afford nukes and deadly viruses.
114* The antagonist corporation [[spoiler:serving as a front for eco-terrorists]] in ''Literature/RainbowSix'' by Creator/TomClancy, [[spoiler:who plans to kill almost everyone on Earth to allow nature to take over]]. In the end, Clark has them stripped of all gear and left to die in the jungle. Protests ensue from the villains. His response? "You wanted harmonize with nature. Go harmonize."
115* ''Literature/RavellingWrath'': Justicar has many virtues, and it's initially possible for the protagonists to reason with her, but by the end, she genuinely believes that she has to fight against Rinn (the main protagonist) in order to stop the violence of the Blood God inside Rinn.
116--> '''Justicar:''' Do not imagine that I enjoy killing! I would like nothing more than to say that no one has to die! But what of the Farseer? What of the hundreds or thousands who will die if the Blood God is allowed to rejuvenate, as its rage infects our city once again?
117* In ''The R Document'' by Irving Wallace, Attorney General Chris Collins supports the 35th Amendment which would give the FBI more power to handle growing crime in the United States. The 35th is being pushed by Vernon Tynan, head of the FBI. But with some allies, Chris discovers that as soon as the 35th is passed, Tynan will push through the R Document (as in "reconstruction") which will suspend the Bill of Rights and allow martial law to rule over the nation. At first, Collins believes Tynan is being driven by the power he would get as the head of new law enforcement. However, Collins soon comes to more chilling conclusion that Tynan truly believes the only way to "save" the country is to turn America into a police state.
118* In ''Literature/TheReader2016'', [[spoiler:the Guard wants peace in Kelanna, but that involves keeping vital information from the common populace, kidnapping boys and turning them into killers, raiding the ships of several kingdoms, and brainwashing prisoners]].
119* The woman who attacked Ben and Dr. Sacreya in ''Literature/SacreyasLegacy'' believes zombies are monsters that should be destroyed and that Sacreya is a mad scientist who needs to be stopped, neither of which is a hard conclusion to sympathize with, given what happens to Vogan Point. To her, even a thinking, reasoning zombie needs to be destroyed.
120* ''Literature/{{Safehold}}'':
121** Merlin Athrawes provides a protagonist version of this. His primary goal is to bring humanity out of its enforced MedievalStasis so they can fight and defeat the aliens that nearly exterminated them hundreds of years ago. However, to accomplish this, Merlin must provoke a religious war already in the making and topple the CorruptChurch that currently rules the world; a war Merlin knows will kill tens of thousands at least, many of them innocent.
122** One of the series' antagonists, Zhaspahr Clyntahn, is especially dangerous because he [[BelievingTheirOwnLies has himself convinced]] that he's merely this. He can and will order any atrocity he feels is necessary, such as a method of execution consisting of long, drawn out, and public ColdBloodedTorture, all the while espousing that it is in the defense of God and Mother Church. Multiple characters note that he seems to sincerely believe this, but at the same time he consistently demonstrates that what he claims is Mother Church's and God's will just so happens to also be ''his'' will, and he would rather drag the Church with him into defeat than pursue anything like a reasonable diplomatic solution.
123** Eric Langhorne and Adorée Bédard, who were responsible for setting up the PathOfInspiration keeping Safehold in MedievalStasis, genuinely believed it was the best way to save humanity permanently from extinction, due to being utterly traumatized by the war humanity was losing against the Gbaba.
124* [[spoiler:Kurda Smahlt]] of ''Literature/TheSagaOfDarrenShan'' does this when [[spoiler:he plans to use the night of his investiture as the night of the Vampaneze invasion and take-over of Vampire Mountain, all in order to bring the two warring clans together, even killing one of his best friends in the process. He is found out and stopped, though. If Darren hadn't found out about the plan, however, chances are that the whole War of the Scars would've been averted]].
125* Prince Kieran in ''Literature/{{Salamander}}'' is an AntiVillain variant. [[spoiler:Also unusual because he switched to the heroes' side when extremism was no longer necessary.]]
126-->'''Kieran:''' If it turns out that the only way of keeping our enemies from learning [[WeaponOfMassDestruction magery that could be our ruin]] is [[ShootTheDog to kill]] a [[TeenGenius charming young lady]], or [[GuileHero two]], or three, I will do it.
127* Creator/BrandonSanderson:
128** ''Literature/MistbornTheOriginalTrilogy'': [[spoiler:The Lord Ruler]]. Turns out he really was trying to save the world, and was even successful for quite a while. [[spoiler:Elend]] gets shades of this in later books as well. A key difference being that [[spoiler:Elend]] fully acknowledges (and regrets) that he's doing bad things to enable humanity to survive. He may not like it, but most of what he does is genuinely necessary. Meanwhile a lot of what [[spoiler:the Lord ruler]] does is needlessly cruel and doesn't seem to bother him at all. Of course [[spoiler:having [[OmnicidalManiac Ruin]] speaking in his mind for a few hundred makes it pretty obvious why The Lord Ruler ended up as [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity crazy as he was]].]]
129** ''{{Literature/Elantris}}'': Hrathen. He is a high priest of a [[TheTheocracy military Theocracy]] and is currently assigned to convert the nation of Arelon. He believes that Arelon being converted and subjugated is inevitable and, considering the current political climate, he's almost certainly correct. Wyrn's martial forces could easily crush the the Arelene government and slaughter it's people at any time, so he's hoping to sway the people to his side through whatever means necessary in order to prevent a full fledged military invasion. He also [[spoiler: eventually acknowledges the flaws in the church when he finds out a higher ranking priest is planning on having everyone slaughtered regardless, with the church leader's blessing. He still believes in the religion, but concludes that it's leadership is flawed]].
130** ''Literature/TheStormlightArchive'':
131*** As one of the Sons of Honor, Amaram wants to bring back the Heralds so that they can "properly" lead humanity under the doctrines of the Vorin church. The Sons of Honor believe that to do so, however, requires them to start another Desolation, unaware that the Heralds both already live on Roshar, and desperately want to avoid another Desolation to the point that the Skybreaker order are actively assassinating Sons of Honor agents as well as potential Radiants. And even if their goals weren't terrible, Amaram has no problem murdering his own men when it's convenient for him, justifying it all as necessary.
132*** [[spoiler:King Taravangian]] is willing to go any lengths to save the world. Thus far, he's released Szeth to go on an incredible killing spree, reduced the nation of Jah Kaved to burned-out anarchy, and countless other crimes. In ''Literature/RhythmOfWar'', he [[spoiler:tops it all by ''killing Rayse'' and becoming the new [[GodOfEvil Odium]]. He looks out upon the Cosmere, decides it is too disorderly and filled with broken gods, and decides to use his newfound power to "save everyone." This starts with him continuing Odium's war, but from a more competent place]].
133---->'''The Diagram:''' Q: For what essential must we strive? A: The essential of preservation, to shelter a seed of humanity through the coming storm. Q: What cost must we bear? A: The cost is irrelevant. Mankind must survive. Our burden is that of the species, and all other considerations are but dust by comparison.
134** ''Literature/{{Warbreaker}}'': All over the place. King Dedelin is, as far as he knows, giving one of his daughters up to monsters in Hallandren in order to save his kingdom of Idris from being invaded. The Gods of Hallandren are genuinely concerned about Idris trying to leverage their royal blood and reclaim rulership of Hallandren. [[spoiler:Vivenna]] begins waging a guerrilla war against Hallandren in order to weaken them for the upcoming war. Last but not least [[spoiler:Bluefingers is's trying to ignite a war between Idris and Hallandren to give his own people an opportunity to finally break free of their subjugation under Hallandren.]]
135* ''Literature/TheSchizogenicMan'': When Heron was a young man, he and his friend Jemmy assassinated three warmongering [[DividedStatesOfAmerica Texan]] politicians. [[spoiler:It turns out that while he was doing this, he was the target of MentalTimeTravel by Grishka as part of MEQMAT's plan to avoid nuclear war with Texas.]] It didn't have the outcomes they were hoping for - the more liberal politicians who took the victims' place turned out to be weak and ineffectual and unable to make any changes. By the present day, the government of Texas is more aggressive than ever.
136* In the backstory of ''Literature/ShadowOfTheConqueror,'' Dayless the Conqueror started out as this. His idea was to use his military to wipe out [[TheSoulless the Shade]] once and for all, but he wouldn't have been able to do this unless he had [[OneWorldOrder personal authority over every last soldier in the world]]. Cue The First World War Of Tellos. By the end of his reign, he was an outright KnightTemplar and TheCaligula with little remaining of [[FallenHero the good man he'd once been]].
137* ''Literature/SkulduggeryPleasant'' has Eliza Scorn and Argeddion, who are both affably evil characters, or argubly not evil at all, just crazed/obsessive.
138* Melisandre of ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'', who honestly believes that Stannis Baratheon is [[TheChosenOne Azor Ahai reborn]], and is willing to kill as many people as is necessary, including Stannis' own brother, to get him his deserved throne, so he can defeat [[AStormIsComing the imminent Other invasion]]. Whether Stannis also believes this is up for debate.
139** At least at first, Stannis doesn't seem to truly buy into Melisandre's religious beliefs, and admits that he's merely letting her spread her message because her supernatural powers are useful to him. In fact, he comes across as one of the few true atheists in the series. It's arguable whether or not that changes later on.
140** Either way, Stannis is a WellIntentionedExtremist in a different kind of way. [[TheFettered He's fanatically devoted to his own unique notion of justice]]: to him, all good deeds must be rewarded, and all evil ones punished, even if they're committed by the same person. One person comments that if [[SociopathicSoldier Vargo Hoat]] had been on Stannis' side, Stannis would've given him a lordship for his assistance right before hanging him for his crimes. He's also unflinchingly stubborn, to a point that even he admits that it's a fault of his. These traits lead him to launch a war (and ally himself with Melisandre despite his many misgivings about her) for the throne of Westeros, ''even though he doesn't even want to be king and admits that he wouldn't be well-suited for the task'', simply because he knows that it's rightfully his. In his eyes, it'd be selfish and unjust if he didn't try to win the crown.
141* In the ''Literature/Spaceforce2012'' books, Ashlenn's father Corusval is passing secret research to the [[TheFederation United Worlds of Earth]] because he fears the sinister [[PeoplesRepublicOfTyranny Republic of Daros]] is arming for war against the Empire and the Union. He wants the Earthers to share the Taysans' technological advantages. Jay admits that he's probably right, [[spoiler: then summarily executes him anyway.]]
142* ''Literature/SpaceGlass'': Marvelous does very cruel things and murders a great many people, but it's all to give Bagok, Reeva, and the Marauder better lives.
143* ''Literature/TheStarchildTrilogy'': In ''Starchild'', Machine General Wheeler wants to bring all the men living in freedom in the reefs of space back under the absolute control of the [[MasterComputer Planning Machine]] and the Plan of Man because [[HobbesWasRight man is inherently evil and cannot be trusted with freedom]].
144* ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'':
145** Thrawn ends up here by the time of his [[Literature/TheThrawnTrilogy last campaign]]. He started out as a [[AntiHero morally ambiguous]] character in ''Literature/OutboundFlight'', but turned into a ruthless, pragmatic man who wasn't above committing some truly villainous acts to achieve his goals. His [[WellIntentionedExtremist motives were understandable]], especially after they were retconned into stemming from a desire to protect the galaxy from an imminent invasion, but he was most definitely not a good or nice man. His men adored him, but [[MamaBear Leia]] might have had something to say about that.
146** In ''The Fight for Truth'', part of ''Literature/JediApprentice'', the rulers of the planet Kegan have [[DreamingOfThingsToCome prophetic dreams]]. Trying to prevent them from coming to pass, they completely cut off trade and travel between it and the rest of the galaxy, [[BigBrotherIsWatchingYou closely monitor all of their citizens]], educate via misleading propaganda, assign jobs to people regardless of personal preferences, and abduct chronically ill or skeptical children to be raised in solitary confinement, sometimes involving "sensory deprivation suits". What are their visions of? [[spoiler:The Republic becoming TheEmpire, stormtroopers marching across Kegan, the planet itself being [[EarthShatteringKaboom destroyed]].]] They recognize the harshness of their methods, but believe that they will prevent that from happening.
147** Jacen Solo's reasons behind his turn to the Dark Side of the Force was because of this trope as well as a PapaWolf: He saw into the future and saw his daughter, Allana, standing next to Darth Krayt, who was sitting on the Throne of Balance, and became such as a desperate measure to ensure that future did not come to pass, certainly not Allana being aligned with Krayt at least.
148* ''Literature/TheStormlightArchive'': Taravangian is already a WellIntentionedExtremist and a deeply flawed man, even if he wants to do what's right and save the world. [[spoiler:Then he kills [[TheDragon Rayse]] and becomes [[BigBad Odium's]] new avatar to stop their evil plans, only for Odium to [[TheCorruptor warp and twist]] Taravangian's desire to help people (and, more importantly, [[SecretlySelfish his desire to receive credit for helping people]]) to the point that Taravangian's own plans become functionally indistinguishable from Rayse and Odium's original scheme to kill all the other Shards in order to [[TakeOverTheWorld conquer the universe]]. It's all the same plot, all the same war against the rest of the gods for rule over all creation. The only difference is that now Rayse's [[ForTheEvulz hatred and hunger for power]] is replaced with Taravangian's [[HolierThanThou arrogant, condescending belief that only he can improve things and that everything he does is for the good of others]].]]
149* ''Literature/SuperheroesAnonymous'' has an entire medical disorder, Villain Syndrome, for this trope. Regular villains are out for money, or to create destruction. Victims of Villain Syndrome are convinced that they need to fix the world by any means, and the problems they see include people being unable to enjoy pain or the lack of ability for the common man to photosynthesize.
150* In ''Literature/TheTestamentOfJessieLamb'' the Mother Death Syndrome, a disease that kills all pregnant women even before giving birth, causes people to panic, and there are several extremist camps. There are those who believe it's the revenge of nature, and the solution is to stop experimentation on animals. There are the religious extremists, who think it's a punishment of God, and there is FLAME, an extremist feminist group who suspect that the disease is men's newest weapon in the war against women. Jessie sympathizes with the animal rights group, thinks the religious extremists are weird, and at one point lies to FLAME protestors, because they don't want her to sacrifice her life to give birth to a baby. (FLAME wants to wait for science to find a solution that requires no more women to die, but Jessie wants to make her sacrifice before she's too old, as only girls under sixteen qualify for the vaccinated frozen fetus implantation program.) The FLAME protestors are rather peaceful, and actually protected scientific laboratories against the other groups (who either think science is sinful or is against animal experiments). They let Jessie pass after she tells them she only wants to visit her father, who works there, while she's in fact intending to talk to the scientists who could implant an embryo into her womb, thus killing her.
151* Menos, in ''Literature/{{Threadbare}}'', rules the kingdom of Cylvania with an iron fist. He consorts with demons, wages constant war, confiscates all magical items, closes down the dungeons that supply the villages, orders his troops to kill any village that has had any contact with a rebel, and uses his personal hit squad, rumored to be the reanimated bodies of the former heroes of the realm, to kill again and again. [[spoiler:An attempt to temporarily seal the realm off from invaders has left it in an unstable state, requiring demons, dungeons cores, and reagents from destroyed magic items just to keep it patched together enough that Cylvania doesn't just fall into the Void. Menos himself is grievously wounded, only able to step outside of his dungeon core for less than a minute at a time to restore his resource pools, and when he does sleep, a demon takes over his body and kills for amusement.]]
152* Kramer from ''Literature/TimeRiders'', who attempted to avert the horrific wars and environmental damage caused in the latter days of the 21st century, through the use of time travel to create an empire using the forces of Nazi Germany.
153* "Skip" Wiley, newspaper columnist turned eco-terrorist in Creator/CarlHiaasen's ''Tourist Season''. He deplores the destruction of Florida's environment by the flood of development and tourism. His solution? Destroy the tourism industry and collapse the economy through murder, bombings and kidnapping.
154* ''Literature/TrappedOnDraconica'': This is Gothon's opinion of himself: lives lost in his conquest will be offset by lives saved afterward. Ben tells him that another guy in Earth History tried the same thing and is remembered as "one of the biggest bastards in history".
155* The ''Literature/UkiahOregon'' series has The Pack, although some cross over into KnightTemplar territory. They are a band of outlaw bikers who routinely commit murder, theft, arson, and a myriad of other crimes in their endless war against insidious alien invaders. [[TheExtremistWasRight This is still the good outcome.]]
156* ''Literature/UltimateHero'' has [[spoiler:the title superhero Ultimate deciding to TakeOverTheWorld in order to re-make it into an [[UtopiaJustfiesTheMeans utopia]]]].
157* In James White's novel ''Literature/UnderKill'', groups of well-intentioned extremists keep causing atrocities in a near-future energy-poor Earth, adding to the problems of what is already a CrapsackWorld.
158* Victor Dashkov from ''Literature/VampireAcademy'' really does want what is best for the Moroi. He just does not care who he sacrifices to accomplish his goals.
159* ''Literature/TheVampireFiles'' gives us [[spoiler:Federal Agent Merrill Adkins]] (from ''A Chill in the Blood''). He's perfectly willing to gun down bystanders in his pursuit of criminals.
160* Most of the villains in ''Literature/{{Victoria}}'' are this to some degree; even the neo-Nazi faction gets a somewhat sympathetic take this way, presented as a semi-understandable (over-)reaction by "Law and Order" types to years of chaos and disaster in a dystopian future. While the story has a few straight {{Card Carrying Villain}}s as well, it emphasizes that most of the bad guys view themselves as good guys and have at least some kind of sympathetic core to their motives--Even if they often [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope go very much too far]] in implementing them. The heroes are also extremists, and the reader may not find them [[DesignatedHero so well-intentioned.]]
161* Jardir from ''Literature/TheWardedMan'', engages in RapePillageAndBurn because he believes that total domination of the known world is necessary to allow it to stand against demons.
162* Any number of characters from ''Literature/TheWarlordChronicles'', but Merlin and Nimue are certainly the biggest examples. Eventually, Merlin backs away from the slippery slope. Nimue turns KnightTemplar, and is instrumental in destroying Arthur's realm.
163* In ''Literature/TheWitchlands'', Vivia turns to piracy despite the damage this might bring to the Twenty-Year Truce and Nubrevna's reputation because her people ''need to eat'', no matter where the food comes from.
164* In ''Literature/{{Worm}}'', Accord became a villain in order to [[spoiler:implement his plan to end world hunger]].
165** Most everyone in Worm is some stripe of this, up to and including the protagonist. The tagline is "Doing the wrong thing for the right reasons."
166** [[NebulousEvilOrganization Cauldron]] is an organization that regularly performs human experimentation and brainwashing on prisoners, [[spoiler:secretly run the Protectorate, and have accidentally spawned horrible monsters that have killed millions of people]], all to [[spoiler: save the world from Scion. The world is saved in the end, but billions are dead and it's ambiguous how much of the saving was due to Cauldron's actions]]
167* ''Literature/{{Woodwalkers}}'': Many of the followers of the BigBad are just normal shapeshifters who are just unhappy with the way humans treat the animals and the wildlife which causes them to use violence to change the people.
168* In the ''Literature/XandriCorelel'' series, [[spoiler:Marco Antilles]] seems to sincerely think that the [[AbsoluteXenophobe Last Hope for Humanity]] are on his side, and that helping them is the best way to help non-neurotypical people like himself.
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